Rodrigo Castillo

Trucks sit idle in a nickel-mining area in Indonesia's central Sulawesi July 8, 2012. Indonesia's nickel mining operations and exports have been mostly halted since the government restricted exports of unprocessed minerals in May, and levied a 20 percent export tax, the Indonesian Nickel Association (ANI) said on Wednesday. Picture taken July 8, 2012. To match Interview INDONESIA-NICKEL REUTERS/Fergus Jensen (INDONESIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES TRANSPORT POLITICS)

Indonesia’s electric vehicle batteries dream has a dirty nickel problem

Rodrigo Castillo, Lilly Blumenthal, and Caitlin Purdy

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

An aerial view shows machinery working in an open-pit coal mine in Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, October 19, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

China’s role in supplying critical minerals for the global energy transition: What could the future hold?

Rodrigo Castillo and Caitlin Purdy

Monday, August 1, 2022

FILE PHOTO: The Codelco El Teniente copper mine, the world's largest underground copper mine is shown near Rancagua, Chile August 13, 2020. Picture taken through a window. REUTERS/Fabian Cambero/File Photo

The future of mining in Latin America: Critical minerals and the global energy transition

Caitlin Purdy and Rodrigo Castillo

Thursday, July 7, 2022